The Era of the Smart Woman is Over

Right about now, you’re probably asking when the era of the smart woman began in daytime. I don’t blame you. Daytime writers seem to have an aversion to consistently smart women!

DOOL: Marlena doesn’t get it? Has John left her so damaged that ANY man who shows her some attention is a man she’s willing to spend time with, these days? Let it go, Marlena, let it go. I’d rather see her return to Roman than spend one more minute with Max’s father.

OLTL: Blair. What IS it about women and John McBain? He does that thing, the thing that says, “I’ll sleep with you, but don’t count on me being around when you wake up…” Somehow, that translates into some bizarre desire to sing a ballad to the man. Blair, remember Evangeline? Sure you do… she’s the last woman who sang to John. He made her so miserable she had to run from him. You’re on borrowed time, kid. You might want to consider focusing more on your daughter’s pregnancy than John’s ego. Something good will come from Starr’s pregnancy. Nothing good will come from waiting for John to lighten up and give a damn about anything. The more morose man in daytime is the man every woman who’s crossed his past inexplicably falls in love with, and I just don’t get it.

Tina Lord was born a schemer. Who in the world believes that she would willing walk into a room with a lock on the OUTSIDE of the door (yeah, big HUGE freakin’ lock) and allow herself to be trapped inside? Poor David Vickers, the dog… he’s locked inside with Tina and unless that place is stocked with puppy pads, things are going to get ugly.

BnB – Brooke Logan. WHY, writers, WHY? Why not just have Katie and Brooke battle it out about which of them betrayed Bridget most? Why didn’t Katie ask how Brooke could be so disgusted by the fact that she slept with Nick when Brooke did it too, after knowing that Bridget was in love with the man, still, and after having slept with Bridget’s first husband too!

Katie could have gotten her zinger in and Brooke would have been able to offer her own comeback… Clearly, she is guilty of having slept with daughter’s first AND second husbands – having children with each. The problem is that given her past, her disgust with Katie, without explanation, just makes her look crazy.

Brooke’s retort to Katie could have included a confession of her own past, and that she’s still trying to deal with the guilt of being with men she didn’t love and trading her daugther’s heart in, in the process. She could have told Katie that she’s disgusted with her actions because she’s been there, and when the dust settles, that one careless moment was never worth what it cost Bridget. She could have shared with Katie that she knows what pain she’s caused Bridget in the past, she’s atoned for it. Brooke promised Bridget that she would never hurt her again, never thinking she’d have to protect her daughter against her own sister.

Give Brooke SOMETHING to say that makes it clear that she’s a woman who’s grown and learned from her past actions, not just treat her as a woman who could hate her own actions, when they’re committed by other people. That would make her the same sort of hypocrite she’s fought against all these years – most especially when she’s fought back agains Stephanie, Taylor, and even dear departed Macy.

Guiding Light – Harley. <sigh> Do the writers hate the viewers that much? Maybe, in some wild backstage fantasy, the writers are thinking that they can stick it to Beth Ehlers one last time by destroying what’s left of the character she originated, who knows? In what universe would Harley leave her family, uproot her youngest children, and abandon her oldest child, one she gave up once before? It was bad enough when she ran off with her daughter’s boyfriend to protect him from being prosecuted of a crime he actually committed. Now she’s leaving her vulnerable (and incredibly stupid) daughter in the hands of a unrepentant criminal who’d already lead Daisy down the primrose path before, involving her in drug use and being an unwitting accomplice in her own cousin’s death. IF the writers think they’re sticking it to BE, newsflash, you’re sticking it to the fans even more. We’re the ones still left to tune out the show. Please keep that in mind.

What’s next? We’ll find out that Gus had six wives in addition to Natalia?

Phillip Spaulding is a pimp?

Vanessa Lewis sews fur coats from puppy fur?

C’mon writers. Trying to kill off the last loving menory of one of GL’s strongest women in the history of the show is petty, and beneath the dignity of this show. We deserve better. Your time would be better spent trying to figure out how many times Reva’s undergone menopause and how it’s possible for her to be pregnant, again.

You can’t come back from this one, unlike the weak and laughable recovery of YnR writers who’d forgotten that Victor had a vasectomy when they wrote the pregnancy storyline for his child bride. No ‘secret reversal’ explanation will help you this time. Her meds kicking her period on for a month, after menopause? That’s your explanation? After the hefty drugs, radiation, and every other treatment Reva received prior to and after her near death? Wow.

Is it any wonder that so many GL fans have begun a campaign to save the show? CLICK HERE to find threads linked to the ‘Cry for Change’ campaign, among others.

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The problem is that given her past, her disgust with Katie, without explanation, just makes her look crazy.
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Anytime the writers chose to use Brooke in situations like this – it’s dumb because she has NO standing. It was exactly this way when she was going on and on about Rick and Taylor. Come on! After you’ve slept with your daughter’s husband and had a baby with him … you don’t get to preach to anyone about their relationship being “sick.”